WHY THE PALMETTO STATE CONTINUES TO FALL FURTHER BEHIND THE REST OF THE NATION
By Colleen MacMillan || South Carolina’s composite score on this year’s Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) dropped five points to 1431 – sixty-seven points behind the 2012 national average.
This gap continues growing despite huge funding increases … but why?
Schools in South Carolina have never been [...]
Inside South Carolina’s Chronic SAT Problem
Cowards In The SC Senate
HOW GOP RECALCITRANCE IS SINKING A SCALED-DOWN SCHOOL CHOICE BILL
“Republicans” in the S.C. General Assembly have consistently opposed expanded academic freedom in the Palmetto State – choosing instead to invest ever-escalating sums of tax dollars into a failed top-down system that caters to bureaucratic needs, not the needs of individual children.
This approach has mirrored the [...]
NAEP Scores: “Mo’ Money” Still Not Working
Despite funding public education at record amounts, South Carolina’s students are making no progress on a national report card administered by the U.S. Department of Education.
In fact, a growing number of elementary school students are falling even further behind their national peers.
According to the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) – a.k.a. [...]
S.C. SAT Scores Drop For Third Straight Year
South Carolina’s public school scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) fell another six points this year according to data released Tuesday by the College Board, which administers the test. Nationally, scores slipped by just two points.
Obviously, South Carolina’s results – which are among the worst in the nation – don’t include the thousands of [...]
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THE REAL SMALL BIDNESS STANDS UP … AND OTHER RANDOM SMATTERINGS
FITSNews – August 27, 2008 – A week after the liberal, TV lawyer-led “S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce” told us that all Palmetto State small businesses needed to succeed was a “new government agency to lead them,” somebody who actually represents small businesses has [...]
